Charles Parrack writes:
Earthquakes,
storms, floods, and conflict cause untold damage to housing, infrastructure, services,
agriculture and livelihoods. Householders themselves are invariably the first
to respond, and the majority - 80 to 90% - receive little or no assistance from
the international community and they become the main drivers of their own recovery
process. This process has been termed 'self-recovery'.
This project, led
by the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice at Oxford Brookes and CARE
International UK and in partnership with Catholic Relief Services, Habitat for Humanity,
CRAterre and the British Geological Survey, builds on previous research focused
on understanding how housing self-recovery works to develop guidance and tools,
which will help operational agencies support the process.
The Funder, UK
Research and Innovation, made the following announcement:
UK Research and
Innovation (UKRI) has awarded 18 international partnerships, £14.8M – shared
between UK HEIs and global research partners. They are specifically aimed to
deliver scalable solutions to issues faced by low and middle-income countries.The projects have been funded as part of UKRI’s GCRF Innovation and Commercialisation Programme, developed to fast track promising research findings into real-world solutions.
UKRI Director of International Development, Professor Helen Fletcher, said:
“This is a really exciting opportunity to fund 18 projects through the Global Research Translation awards. Each and every one will make a massive difference to peoples’ lives in communities spread across the world to ensure some of the most challenged communities have a brighter future.
“Over the next year and a half, UK researchers will work with their international counterparts, policy makers, businesses and local organisations to turn promising research into solutions that can be taken forward through various pathways such as spin-out companies and social enterprises to make a positive difference to people who live with the reality of challenges such as climate change, poor sanitation and disease every day.”
For more information contact Charles Parrack cparrack@brookes.ac.uk
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